Gerd33
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There's a Black Powder/Handgun deer hunting season where you live? That's neat! What state is that?
Missouri.
To be fair, calling it a Black Powder/Handgun season at this point is oversimplifying it a bit. It started out as a Black powder/Muzzleloading only but they've been adding more legal methods (want to hunt with an Air Rifle or Atlatl) over the years starting 8yrs ago or so and changed the season name to Alternative methods. The handgun you mentioned might be allowed, I think it would be but I haven't looked into it enough. Rifles have to be loaded from the muzzle however.
I was really looking forward to going out this year and taking the Ruger 45 Colt that I got as a replacement for the BFR. Unfortunately, on the days I'm going to be available the weather is predicted to be bad (Bone chilling cold this weekend, rain next weekend).
Currently the allowed methods are as follows:
https://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/seasons/deer-firearms-alternative-methods
Deer: Firearms: Alternative Methods
December 24, 2022 to January 3, 2023
Allowed & Prohibited Methods
Methods
Deer:Firearms, Alternative Methods, Allowed
- Muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms, .40 caliber or larger and capable of firing only a single projectile at one discharge; in-lines and scopes are allowed.
- Multiple-barreled muzzleloading or cap-and-ball firearms and/or muzzleloading or cap-and-ball handguns, including revolvers, .40 caliber or larger, are allowed and may be carried in addition to a muzzleloading or cap-and-ball rifle.
- Centerfire pistols or revolvers using expanding-type bullets, such as lead or copper
- Air-powered firearms, .40 caliber or larger, charged only from an external high compression power source (external hand pump, air tank, or air compressor)
- Longbows, compound bows, and recurve bows of any draw wright; hand-held string-releasing devices, illuminated sights, scopes, and quickpoint sights are allowed.
- Crossbows
- Atlatls, which are defined as a rod or narrow board-like device used to launch, through a throwing motion of the arm, a dart 5 to 8 feet in length.